INTENSIVE CARE · AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Doç. Dr. Özlem Çakın
Associate Professor, Head of the Internal Medicine ICU; Department of Internal Medicine · Akdeniz University Hospital, Antalya
Associate professor at the Department of Internal Medicine, Akdeniz University; since 2021 head of the Internal Medicine ICU (33 beds). Specialises in management of sepsis and septic shock, acute and chronic respiratory failure, multi-organ failure, percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy, and organ donation coordination. Co-author of the chapter on traumatic brain injury management in the 2024 monograph on intensive care protocols. Member of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).
15+
years of experience
33
ICU beds
222
Scholar citations
ESICM memberTurkish Society of Intensive CareAVESIS AkdenizTÜYUD 2025 speaker
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
RU
Russian
· via BergemHealth coordinator
TR
Turkish
· native
EN
English
· professionally
ANTALYA · 05/2026
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
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★2021Appointment as Head of the ICUAkdeniz University HospitalInternal Medicine ICU
PROCEDURE SPECTRUM
What Doç. Dr. Özlem Çakın does
Critical care and intensive medicine at a university hospital.
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01Sepsis and septic shockcomprehensive multidisciplinary approachmanagement
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02Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomyminimally invasive procedure for ICU patientsPDT
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03Mechanical ventilation and respiratory supportall ventilation modesacute and chronic respiratory failure
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04Organ donation coordinationcooperation with transplant programmesbrain death diagnosis
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05Management of patients with traumatic brain injury2024 — chapter in monographprotocol-based approach
DATA UPDATED: MAY 2026
EDUCATION & CAREER
Timeline
Professional path.
2003
Faculty of Medicine graduation
Osmangazi University, Eskişehir
2009
Internal medicine residency
Akdeniz University
2019
Intensive care subspecialty
Akdeniz University
2020
Associate Professor
Akdeniz University
2021
Head of the ICU
Akdeniz University Hospital, Internal Medicine ICU
PUBLICATIONS
Scientific work
Publications in intensive care medicine (PubMed/Scopus).
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2021Critical Care Medicine«Checklist for Early Recognition and Treatment of Acute Illness and Injury»· first author
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2019Turkish Thoracic Journal«Factors Affecting Cost of Patients with Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Intensive Care Unit»· co-author
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2018Clinical Respiratory Journal«Acute cardiac events in severe community-acquired pneumonia: A multicenter study»· co-author
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2019Transplantation Proceedings«Liver Transplantation and Early Culture Growth: Risk and Impact?»· first author
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2024Prehospital and Disaster Medicine«Kahramanmaras-Pazarcik Earthquake 2023: Characteristics of Patients»· first author
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2024Journal of Clinical Medicine«Comparison of Inflammatory Marker Scoring Systems and Conventional Inflammatory Markers»· first author
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